Details
Title [Benjamin F. Butler] [graphic].
Publisher UNITED STATES> 1861
Date [ca. 1861]
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 11 x 6 cm (4 x 2.25 in.) (carte de visite format)
Description Reproduction of a bust-length portrait print of the Massachusetts Governor, abolitionist legislator, and Civil War Major General. Butler, attired in uniform, sits facing slightly left. As commander of Fort Monroe, Virginia, he declared freedom seekers as "contraband of war," providing the impetus for Congress to enact the Confiscation Act of 1861.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date based on depicted age of the sitter.
Accessioned 1979.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 -- Portraits.
Abolitionists.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Generals -- American.
Governors -- Massachusetts.
Legislators -- Massachusetts.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Cartes-de-visite -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv portraits- sitter - Butler [P.2282.107]
Accession number P.2282.107